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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPraheli (प्रहेलि).—f., [prahelikā] A riddle, an enigma, a conundrum. It is thus defined in the विदग्धमुखमण्डन (vidagdhamukhamaṇḍana) :-- व्यक्तीकृत्य कमप्यर्थं स्वरूपार्थस्य गोपनात् । यत्र बाह्यान्तरावर्थौ कथ्येते सा प्रहेलिका (vyaktīkṛtya kamapyarthaṃ svarūpārthasya gopanāt | yatra bāhyāntarāvarthau kathyete sā prahelikā). It is आर्थी (ārthī) or शाब्दी (śābdī); तरुण्यालिङ्गितः कण्ठे नितम्ब- स्थलमाश्रितः । गुरूणां सन्निधानेऽपि कः कूजति मुहुर्मुहुः (taruṇyāliṅgitaḥ kaṇṭhe nitamba- sthalamāśritaḥ | gurūṇāṃ sannidhāne'pi kaḥ kūjati muhurmuhuḥ) (where the answer is īṣadūnajalapūrṇakumbhaḥ) is an instance of the former kind; सदारिमध्यापि न वैरियुक्ता नितान्तरक्ताप्यसितैव नित्यम् । यथोक्तवादिन्यपि नैव दूती का नाम कान्तेति निवेदयाशु (sadārimadhyāpi na vairiyuktā nitāntaraktāpyasitaiva nityam | yathoktavādinyapi naiva dūtī kā nāma kānteti nivedayāśu) || (where the answer is sārikā), of the latter. Daṇḍin, however, mentions 16 different kinds of प्रहेलिका (prahelikā); see Kāv.3.96-124.
Derivable forms: praheliḥ (प्रहेलिः).
See also (synonyms): prahelikā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraheli (प्रहेलि).—f.
(-liḥ) A poetic riddle.: See the next.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraheli (प्रहेलि).—[pra-hel + i], f. An enigma, a riddle.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Praheli (प्रहेलि):—[=pra-heli] [from pra-helaka] ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) f. an enigma, riddle, puzzling question.
2) Prahelī (प्रहेली):—[=pra-helī] [from pra-helaka] f. idem
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Prahelijnana, Prahelika, Prahelike.
Full-text: Prahelijnana, Prahelika.
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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 21 < [Chapter 8 - Aṣṭama-yāma-sādhana (Rātri-līlā–prema-bhajana sambhoga)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.86 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]